Another day in paradise......

Good day everyone.
Yet again...another work day in our beautiful city. Me and the Host of the site had a discussion and we decided to make the whole web page a bit more exciting. We decided to add a reward section to the site. Thus the following will happen: I will post a question and then we will have a discussion with everyone's opinion. Basically its to het everyone invloved, have some fresh ideas and opinions on a variety of topics. And to give something back, we will take the best answer and give the person a price. Now this could be a variety of prices so please keep the comments and ideas coming. We will also be planning to hold a huge event, that has so far never been done in NAM before. So stay tuned. The details for the next social evening will also be posted soon. Regards. Purple Penguin

Nude party 29 Jan 2010

Once again a social function was held and many people was invited. We were a total of 9 people and still the evening was fun and everyone got to know each other a bit better. The rain did cause a little havoc in the beginning but all in all it was a major success. We are already working on the next one with the hopes that w will be getting more people to join. PLEASE NOTE> A NUDE OR ANY GAY PARTY DOES NOT ALWAYS INVOLVE SEX!!! (However should some intimacy take place, you will be excused and allowed to enjoy it to the fullest) ha ha.

So come on people. This site has been created for the convenience of those that did not know and which is managed by me on a daily basis and also hosted by a very good friend of mine. So you are welcome to join, sign-up and follow the news and updates as it goes. Kind regards and hope to have you all as members soon.

Why You're an Asshole (and Why That's Just Fine)

You're a hypocrite who thinks you're the best person who has ever lived, but you're not alone. We're all that way, and it's just fine—so long as you forgive everyone else for the shortcomings we all share.

Every one of us feels we are the best person we know, and if you don't believe this you're either lying or there's something wrong with you. Wait! Before you go write and angry comment or email let's talk about this for a minute. If you could become another person, would you do it? Is there anyone out there that you're absolutely certain would be better than you? If you think you do, you probably don't know enough about this person to be sure or you're suffering from some form of depression. I realize this is a big assumption to make, but when our brains are working properly they take measures to assure that, in the end, we believe we're making the best choices, doing the right things, and—in our specific life—nobody else could do it better. Let's take a look at why this is the case.

Synthesized Happiness

 

Back in December we looked at how synthesized happiness is just as good as real happiness, meaning you can make a tough decision and you'll find a way to convince yourself your decision was for the best even when it wasn't. It's how victims of traumatic events eventually believe it turned out for the best. It's how losing everything can make a person eventually feel like they've found something better. According to Dan Gilbert, who wrote the great book Stumbling on Happiness, this synthesized happiness is just as good as the real stuff. As a result, we can make plenty of stupid decisions and get thrown into all sorts of trouble yet still feel we made the right choice in the long run. At one point in my life, when I was much younger, I was a manipulative little douche bag (and, before that, a victim of severe manipulation). Nonetheless, it's hard to say it hasn't come in handy since writing for Lifehacker. This isn't a pessimistic message, but instead a positive one. We can take our faults and find a silver lining. Sometimes we delude ourselves a little along the way, but our properly-functioning brains are exceptional at making the best out of bad situations and our own bad behavior.

You're More Than Yourself 

We've also looked at how your brain is like a smartphone, in the sense that you're not just one "self" but like a bunch of applications running different functions in tandem. With a bunch of "apps" tackling different tasks in your life, they all live in their own little sandbox and have their own thoughts and opinions. If you've both driven a car and walked a cross a street you know how this works. When you're in the car, pedestrians don't pay attention and annoy you. They cross when they're not supposed to and never bother to look. When you're the pedestrian, however, your feelings change. Suddenly the cars are the enemies that are pushing the tolerance of a yellow light and not bothering to watch out for the pedestrian, who truly has the right of way (in America, anyway). Chances are that when you're in the car, you do stupid things that you hate as a pedestrian and the same goes for the reverse. Ultimately, you're wired to be a hypocrite and fully able to criticize others for shortcomings that are just as much a part of you. There isn't much you can do to stop yourself from feeling this way, but you can improve the overall issue with forgiveness. Forgiveness has been a long-held virtue and it's what will help you out here. Remember you inherently suck just as much as everyone else, so forgive people for their shortcomings. Unless someone's bad behavior goes beyond the small annoyances in life, forgive your trespasser and let it be. Save your battles for when they actually matter and accept that you suck, too.

Temporal Bias

Another interesting bias of the brain has to do with time and emotions. Although negative emotions weigh far more heavily on us than positive ones, this is only temporary. As Michael Ross, a professor of psychology at the University of Waterloo, points out, "[p]eople distance themselves from negative situations, but they feel close to events they are proud of (more here). Because of this temporal bias, we're able to call upon the moments that makes us feel good about ourselves and more easily relive them. And why not? They make us happy, and so our brains help us push back the negative. Perhaps this is why history tends to repeat itself, and it's not necessarily a good thing, but it's definitely an indication of our ability to focus on the best in ourselves. For a population that tends to struggle with issues of self-esteem, our brains are very much wired to help us focus on the good.

So...Now What?

Much of what all this amounts to is that we're all very capable of becoming assholes (here are a few of your own reasons for making the transformation) and we all still think we're pretty great. Should you change? Only if your behavior is causing you and others grief. This is really just a part of being human, however, and the best thing we can do is accept our limitations—and the same limitations in others—to make living together a much more pleasant experience. 

Study Gives Extra Credibility to Your Coffee and Aspirin Hangover Cure

We've looked at various hangover cures, separating myth from fact, but one recent study gives a little extra credibility to one simple combo: coffee and aspirin.

This must mean good things for Excedrin, which contains both aspirin and 65mg of caffeine (about as much as you get in a small cup of coffee). Of course, it also contains acetaminophen (or Tylenol, as you might more commonly recognize it) which isn't something you want to take if you don't have to. Nonetheless, why do painkillers and caffeine do the trick? Professor Michael Oshinsky of Thomas Jefferson University explains:

They found the caffeine in coffee and the anti-inflammatory ingredients of aspirin and other painkillers reacted against the chemical compounds of ethanol, or pure alcohol. Ethanol brings on headaches thanks to a chemical acetate it can produce and even low doses can affect some people more than others, said the study.

So next time you're out for a hard night of drinking, stop by your local coffee shop and pick up a latte to wash down an aspirin. This common hangover cure now has good science backing it up. 

Perform the Kama Sutra with Your Laptop

To be honest, I've been thinking of spicing up my relationship with my laptop for a while. I was thinking more RAM or a SSD would do the trick but maybe I'll learn some of these Kama Sutra positions instead.

Which positions have you perfected? Or are you the boring and conservative type who uses a *gasp* desk?

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A pair of snakes born joined at the head were separated during a unique sssssurgery in Arizona, according to KVOA.

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WTF? Flying rubber in the sky

The French have unveiled their latest weapon in the battle against STDs: a 120-foot helium-filled rubber.

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CondomFly

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The flying machine is known as "Condomfiere" and a group known as CondomFly are hoping it will be the "Goodyear Blimp of Safe Sex."

This monster seats three people plus a pilot.

Big ass doggie....nice doggie.....

Meet the greatest of the Great Danes, Giant George.

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Giant George, World's Tallest Dog

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George is 43 inches from paw to shoulder, and 7 feet, three inches from head to tail. That's a lot of dog.

He sleeps in his own queen-sized bed and can sit in a chair like a human.

Giant George was crowned world's largest dog by Guinness World Records in February, 2010.

Now aint that interesting

Amy Winehouse might be be famous for her "F--K Me" pumps, but Vivienne Westwood puts new meaning into "shoe-gasm" with these penis-shaped shoes.

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Vivienne Westwood is a bold designer and this penis shoe proves it.

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The shoe, created in 1995, is part of "Vivienne Westwood Shoes: An Exhibition 1973- 2010" taking place at the Selfridges Ultralounge department store in London.

And there's a lot more to Westwood, check out her Web site.

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Necrophilia Suspect: She Didn't Look Dead To Me

Saturday January 15, 2011

I know not everyone is expressive or even active in bed... but I'd like to think most people would notice if their sex partner was dead.

Police say Richard Elwood Sanden called the cops when he noticed his girlfriend wasn't breathing after sex... and when medics arrived, they put the time of death at about an hour before the time he told police the intercourse had taken place.

Sanden, 55, insists he had no idea the victim, 48-year-old Rebecca Whitehead was dead when he last had sex with her.

But police say he tried to hide some video equipment when they arrived -- and after they watched what he had recorded, he was charged with necrophilia.

Yuck.

Whatever is on that tape also apparently caused a judge to raise his bond from $4,500 all the way up to $500,000.

Sanden has also been charge with charged with possession of marijuana and abuse of a corpse.

Sanden told police he met Whitehead on a telephone dating service, and that the two had been living together for about three and a half months, according to the Washington Times-Herald.

Now, he's living in the Weird Crime Mug Shot Hall of Shame. (Dumb Crime du Jour)

What, For the Love of God, Is This Gross Thing?

I'll give you a hint: It came straight from a human mouth.
It's used dental floss, photographed by Steve Gschmeissner. I don't know what the hell is that purple stuff and I don't want to know. It's one is a series of photos in a Daily Mail article showing everyday objects under Scanning Electronic Microscopes. Here's another fascinating one, of a needle and a thread.

Now what I expected. It's weirdly unsettling how everything seems so brittle and disorganized at this scale.

This Isn't an Outpost on Another Planet, It's the South Pole

Does it get cooler than this? A telescope, called BICEP, collecting data on BLACK BATTER, located on the SOUTH POLE. I think that it does not. It's hard to believe something this incredible looking is found on earth.
Those red lights you see are actually meant to improve visibility within the telescope, blocking out ambient light pollution (as much as there is on the South Pole) while still allowing the station's crew to navigate. Oh, and that gorgeous ribbon of color in the background? The Milky Way. Stick a good wireless connection in there, and I think this might be the perfect place to get away for a while and write.

Hunter Becomes Hunted: A Fox Shoots a Man

When a fox was shot by a hunter, it didn't die. Instead, when the hunter tried to finish the fox off with the butt of his gun, the animal pulled the trigger of the gun and shot the hunter right back.
The man (who remains anonymous) was hunting for foxes in Belarus (who aren't protected from hunting because they transmit rabies), close to the border of Poland. After being shot from a distance, according to the police, "the animal fiercely resisted and in the struggle accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw". The fox managed to run off as friends jumped in to save the wounded man.
Obviously, a man's life is more valuable than the animal's but I can't help but think that this is some sort of twisted poetic justice.

Sock No More!: Underwear w/ Built-In Wiener

Note: Jump is NSFW on account of fake-ass wieners.

Seen here looking suspiciously like they Photoshopped some uglier a-hole's face on my body, a model models a pair of wiener-enhancin' underwear (which are far more advanced than THESE ones) from designer Andrew Christian. Way to call yourself out, Andrew! GEE, I WONDER WHO HAS A SMALL PENIS?! Haha, yeah it's me. :(
The Shock Jock Flirt Boxer and Brief. These revolutionary new skivvies feature a soft hidden cup, sculpted into a penis shape (available in black or white models!), that adds around 2 inches to guy's frontal measurement. "Guys want underwear that looks natural, feels great and makes them feel confident," says Christian.

No Andrew, guys don't want underwear that "looks natural, feels great and makes them feel confident", guys want underwear that makes it look like they have a giant submarine sandwich for a penis that women find twice as mouth-watering as a $5 footlong from Subway. Which reminds me: one time I stuffed a sweatshirt down my pants before a date and the girl was so impressed she couldn't wait to get back home. Literally -- she excused herself to the restroom and then dove out a restaurant window and ran. DAMMIT YOU SAID WE WERE GOING DUTCH!

Hit the jump for some NSFW shots of the wienerwear, along with a shot of the designer, who, despite his looks, is actually straight.
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA -- did I fool anybody?!

WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?!: Droid Lover

First C3, then Jar-Jar, and next thing you know you're turnin' freaky-ass tricks in a Mos Eisley bathroom stall. It's a slippery slope, bro, and from the looks of things you're at least halfway down with no trees to break your fall. Just remember: some of them aliens got multiple wieners. They're not gonna wanna pay extra!

Hey, We All Like Star Wars But...Damn!

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